🇮🇪🇪🇺🌍 Thanks for the warm welcome and lively exchange at the Institute of International & European Affairs #iieatalks on the strategic role of the @eib to put capital to work and contribute to growth, prosperity, technological & social progress in Ireland, Europe and the world.

‘We should not neglect the importance of Europe being a force for good in the world’ - @eib Group President Nadia Calviño at the IIEA in Dublin speaking on the EIB in 🇮🇪, 🇪🇺and 🌍 #iieatalks

.Nadia Calviño speaks about European Investment Bank's diversified portfolio which 'leverages Europe's human, financial and institutional capital' and allows it to invest in scale. She adds this investment is always better delivered in conjunction with the home government so that citizens understand…

'The partnership between EIB and Ireland is not only close......but is truly special' says Nadia Calviño, European Investment Bank speaking at the IIEA this afternoon.

Looking forward to hearing Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank, address IIEA this afternoon on the topic of 'Investing in a Sustainable Future for All' and how the EIB and Ireland can work together to achieve this important goal. #iieaevents

This year, between 6-9 June 2024, 400 million EU citizens will be eligible to vote in elections for the European Parliament. Choosing 720 MEPs (up from 705 in the last term) that will represent them for the next five years in Europe, this will shape the future of the Parliament from…

We are delighted that Lutz Güllner 🇺🇦🇪🇺, Head of Division for Strategic Communications and Information Analysis European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 will hold an online address IIEA on Wednesday, 8 May at 1pm. He will discuss how disinformation and foreign information manipulation is impacting the resilience…

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 'Big Bang Enlargement' and as part of our #FutureproofingEurope series, supported by the Irish Foreign Ministry, we look back at what the expansion of the EU meant at the time and how the mood music has changed in the intervening years.
Now with new…

Ahead of its 25 year anniversary in 2025, our panellists spoke about the effectiveness of the WPS agenda to date and what they want to see in the next 25 - a better understanding at leadership level that diversity is key to military effectiveness; greater political will and more…

We are delighted to welcome Major-General (Ret) Maureen O'Brien, Former Deputy Military Advisor in the United Nations Office of Military Affairs, Dr Sally-Anne Corcoran, Irish Research Council Scholar and Expert in Law, Advocacy, and Engagement and Sophie McGuirk, Peace and…

Many thanks to Sabine Weyand, Director-General for Trade at the European Commission who recently gave her invaluable insight to members of the IIEA into the geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges that currently impact international trade and the EU's trade policy.
If you missed…

Closing our  #AccelerateToNetZero conference Paddy Hayes, our CEO, gives his keynote. 
 
“There are grounds for optimism on what we have achieved so far… Ireland has many of the technologies and capabilities but further innovation and imagination is needed.” 
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A very insightful panel this afternoon at #acceleratetonetzero with Barbara Finamore Serge Colle, Avery Johnstone and Jim Dollard speaking with Dearbhail McDonald on a range of topics from renewable energy technologies in China; the level of investment required and challenges we face in…

A look back to a schoolboy prediction of the future - one-time teacher Sean O'Flynn and student Declan Hourigan speak to Peter O'Shea about their project for the 1979 Young Scientists competition which focused on the possibilities of wind power and hydrogen in Ireland. ESB Group…

During her keynote, Olivia Lazard , Research Fellow at Carnegie Europe says Europe will lose macroeconomic capacity, microeconomic resistance, and become economically fragile unless we pre-empt change.
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